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Archive for September, 2017

I didn’t make any plans for my last day of vacation. I wanted a cushion day in case I needed more time to see what I planned to see. Well, I didn’t need any more time, so I had to decide where to go on a whim. Since it was a Sunday, I started at church.

This trip was amazing. Longer than my usual vacation, full of beautiful weather, beautiful landscapes, beautiful art. And it was just the beginning of my fantastic summer! 3 trips to Disney World (Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day weekends) and a trip to New York that I’ll tell you about soon (I brought Caroline dressed in Caroline clothes and she looked adorable!) But now it’s time for the weather to cool down and for tourists to get off my island, which isn’t so bad either.

I continued on to the Tropenmuseum (In English, Museum of the Tropics). The museum has an intriguing history. It opened in 1871 (and has been in its current building since 1926) to showcase artifacts from Dutch colonial holdings. Sounds like a promising collection, but I didn’t find it very engaging. Maybe because there were parts that weren’t in English. The most enlightening exhibit was a photograph collection from Aleppo, Syria.

Even with a time-reserved ticket, I waited in line with tons of other tourists to walk where Anne Frank and her family hid for more than two years. I’ve read Anne’s diary and seen several different films, so I don’t think I learned anything I didn’t know. But I’ve been in the Secret Annex!

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My name is Marjorie. In most respects I am a grown up, in that I'm old enough to be a grown up and I have a full time job. I'm Marjorie. I'm a grown up. I love my dolls. I'm a Mormon.
I have recently decided to dedicate this blog to my dolls. Maybe I think they need to make more friends on the internet. I currently collect American Girl, Maplelea, A Girl for All Time, and Carpatina. I have others too...I look forward to you meeting all of my dolls. Have a nice day.